noun:

• partition board; plank used as a partition
• board used in a ship to prevent the cargo from moving around

noun:

• variant character; variant form of a character (esp. kanji) - e.g. 渕 as variant of 淵

noun:

• unlawful trespass; occupying a property and refusing to leave

noun:

• rebreather; provides a breathing gas containing oxygen and recycles exhaled gas

noun:

• an honest man; a good citizen

expression:

• on the least pretext; at the drop of a hat ➜ 何かと言うと

noun:

• shakudo; gold-copper alloy, often with a blue patina

noun:

• daughter of the home; unmarried woman who owns (the future rights to) a home

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to rest against the wall; to lean against a wall

noun:

• sea whistle; sound made by a traditional diver when returning to shore ➜ 海女

noun:

• wood alcohol; the spirit of a tree

adjectival noun:

• meaningful; suggestive; seeming to be with a history; seeming to be with circumstances that are hard to explain - archaism

noun:

• dakuten; diacritic kana mark that turns an unvoiced consonant into a voiced consonant

expression:

• the former and the latter; A and B

noun / ~する noun:

• cleaning up or covering for another; bearing the consequences of someone else's error; paying a debt for someone; wiping another's buttocks [literal]

expression:

• too many cooks spoil the broth; too many captains will steer the ship up a mountain [literal] - proverb

noun:

• mate's rate; preferential rate of payment offered to a friend

noun:

• off-flavor; bitterness or other unpleasant taste that detracts from the flavour of a drink

noun:

• Osaka Conference; meeting held by the leaders of the Meiji Restoration in Osaka to discuss the formation of a representative assembly (January-February, 1875)

godan ~う verb / intransitive verb:

• to be mixed up with; to have a connection with (a troublesome matter) - colloquialism ➜ 係う【かかずらう】
• to be a stickler about; to be finicky about (some triviality)
• to take part (in some work); to hang about; to bother (someone)

godan ~つ verb / intransitive verb:

• to give an address (before a large number of people); to give a forceful speech

expression:

• piece of cake; a walk in the park

noun:

• imperial prince's family; family of a prince of royal blood ➜ 親王

expression / noun:

• fight from which neither part benefits (but a third part does); a fight between the snipe and the clam (ends in the fisherman's profit) [literal] - idiom ➜ 漁夫の利

noun:

• store that has been gone out of business; household that lives without carrying on a business